Sale reports / Missouri / Patton Junction Livestock Auction / 2021-01-11

Patton Junction Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Patton Junction, Missouri · Mon, Jan 11
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1809
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 434▼ 39 vs year ago 419 · −9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 49▲ 37 vs year ago 47 · +78.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 4▲ 3 vs year ago 9 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand uneven and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.51/cwt on 146 head.
Average price
$124.51
146 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.00
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503126.81638102
Medium and Large 1-2446119.1953244
One grade step is worth $7.61/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale146 hd
124.51
—
MO average19 barns · 16,275 hd
131.52
−7.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,67078.031,3036thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47251.197545thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17346.2554247
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02436.783779thin

Every lot

52 lots · USDA AMS · Patton Junction Livestock Auction - Patton Junction, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1288162.20/cwt151.00–168.004673
Steers—Medium and Large 1319163.89/cwt159.00–169.005234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005443
Steers—Medium and Large 1378160.78/cwt154.00–172.0060811
Steers—Medium and Large 1423160.19/cwt150.00–170.0067818
Steers—Medium and Large 1461160.59/cwt151.00–167.0074015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470144.30/cwt141.00–146.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 1512136.68/cwt135.00–140.007003
Steers—Medium and Large 1561132.21/cwt130.00–133.507428
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578130.33/cwt130.00–131.007533
Steers—Medium and Large 1630128.73/cwt125.00–129.0081115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655118.00/cwt118.00–118.007733
Steers—Medium and Large 1719125.85/cwt121.00–128.009057
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2273126.51/cwt119.00–130.003453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332120.77/cwt120.00–121.004014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380130.68/cwt125.00–135.0049715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381125.00/cwt125.00–125.004767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430122.32/cwt118.00–128.005268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438126.79/cwt121.00–130.0055516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy453115.00/cwt115.00–115.005213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473131.87/cwt121.00–136.0062422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488118.11/cwt115.00–125.005769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512117.05/cwt115.00–121.005993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515125.66/cwt121.00–131.0064715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558112.08/cwt110.00–118.006254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563124.18/cwt121.00–125.0069920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620106.98/cwt106.00–109.006633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1646121.00/cwt121.00–121.0078211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2408128.06/cwt115.00–135.005223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1436143.08/cwt140.00–145.006248
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468128.38/cwt125.00–135.006013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482150.71/cwt141.00–157.0072621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518128.78/cwt125.00–136.0066719
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533117.46/cwt115.00–125.006264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563129.24/cwt125.00–133.5072819
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622124.38/cwt115.00–127.0077410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1659125.63/cwt118.00–127.008288
Bulls—Medium and Large 1718116.17/cwt104.00–123.008346
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58369.27/cwt65.00–75.001,0972
Bulls——1,71482.41/cwt80.00–85.001,4134
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02436.78/cwt35.00–40.003779
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14144.94/cwt39.00–50.0051337
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16537.50/cwt37.50–37.504371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30352.63/cwt50.00–58.006869
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40553.17/cwt52.00–54.507473
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57348.23/cwt48.00–48.507592
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2703676.87/cwt600.00–750.004,7582
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,165680.85/cwt540.00–875.007,9326
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,225825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,1061
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,265580.00/cwt580.00–580.007,3371
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,325591.74/cwt570.00–610.007,8412

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.